In this episode, we explore the blurry line between genuine emotion and manufactured connection, from AI therapists outperforming real ones to the future of synthetic companionship. Would you love a robot pet? Could you date an AI partner? And if an interaction feels real, does it matter what’s behind it, code or consciousness?

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